Published 15:55 IST, December 5th 2019

How Tom Holland's drunk call to Disney CEO Bob Iger saved Spider-Man

Tom Holland was recently seen on the set of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live', where he revealed how he saved the Spider-man franchise. Read on to know how he pulled it off.

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Actor Tom Holland was recently seen on set of Jimmy Kimmel Live. On talk show, Tom was revealed how he saved Spider-Man franchise and helped to keep it in Marvel Cinematic Universe. Read on to kw about what actor had to say.

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Tom saved  friendly neighbourhood Spider-man

On Wednesday, December 4, Tom Holland made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! On show, he revealed how a phone call he made from a pub saved Spider-Man franchise. Tom had called Disney CEO Bob Iger, and ir conversation resulted in a new deal between Marvel and Disney, saving franchise, and giving fans what y needed: ar Tom Holland appearance as Spider-Man, in Marvel cinematic universe. Iger has earlier appeared on same show and had stated that Tom helped smooning things over between Sony and Marvel.

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On talk show, Tom jokingly said that he would t say that it was entirely him, but he did save Spider-Man. When Sony had anunced that Spider-Man will longer be a part of MCU, our friendly neighbourhood Tom quickly jumped in mix to save day. Fans were promoting hashtag #SaveSpiderMan during time and Tom had expressed his gratitude towards fans by saying that he ''loves m 3000'', a very iconic quote from Avengers: Endgame.

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young actor was devastated when he heard news of breakup between two producing giants. Soon after this, he made efforts to get in touch with Iger, and it worked at an unusual time. When two connected on phone, Tom was in a Pub and was drinking. ir conversation ended up on a positive te and thus Tom helped Spider-man swing back to MCU. Tom said that he was really emotional because he felt like it was all coming to an end for him. Fans of franchise and young actor were perhaps happier than actor himself when news of his return to  MCU broke on internet.

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